Inside Scoop: Delta Force, Maduro, and the Death of Sovereignty! Geopolitical Trends

Hello everybody and welcome to Geopolitical Trends, where truth matters. Excited to be with you as always. Hope you are off to a good start in 2026. Very, very excited to be with you. Uh, unfortunately, uh, the new year, the 2026, it's starting on the wrong foot for the US government after what happened with the abduction, capturing, whatever term you want to use, of the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. This is what I'm going to be talking to you about, providing you my own insight, my own analysis. I will touch on the unit that conducted the op. It's, it's— we used to work with them at some point. So, uh, and that's what I'm going to be addressing for you today. But before I'll do this, let me say hi to our wonderful community as always. Uh, let me see who is here. Liang, good to see you. Taiwan still as always. Yes, it is a rogue state or rogue country. I mean, what we did is it's not right. So, uh, uh, Wala25, good to see you. Soccer088, good to see you. Oh, Arch Crusader, much appreciate your super sticker. Greetings, Dr. O. In my opinion, the current saga in Venezuela, US is one big puppet. Show. Welcome to 2026. You are right about this, uh, Arch, and I'm gonna be, uh, detailing for you a part of my— this analysis as to the— what, what a lot of people are missing. You know, this is not about Venezuela. You know, there is a much bigger picture into all this. So, Willie Holman, good to see you. Uh, Catherine, good to see you here. Here, say it like it is, good to see you. And, uh, Faron de la Pei, good to see you. YTT, good to see you here. Athene Wu, there you are. So, all right, let me— first of all, I wanna— because I'm, I'm gonna be this week, I'm gonna be dealing with some really, uh, topics that beside this Venezuela, what's coming up, uh, uh, and that's what I'm gonna be talking in this housekeeping items here. Uh, tomorrow I will be addressing some Singapore. There is a lot of problems coming out of Singapore, and a lot of people are not aware that Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, the guy you see on a picture here, has been advocating now to support Japan against China. Basically, that's what it is. So, uh, I, I, I have no— I mean, I don't fathom where he's coming from, but I did kind of read enough to get a picture of really What's pressing him or what pushed him to this diplomatic statements? So I will be addressing this tomorrow, and the following day I will be talking to you about Singapore also, but this is from a different angle. Singaporean government now is thinking about inviting Indian workers. It will be a colossal mistake if ever Singapore open up its door to Indian workers. So, so I will— I just want to give you a heads up into what I'm going to be talking about. This second house item that I'm working on has to do with the hour— the hour of a major confrontation between Iran and Israel is approaching. What took place in Venezuela, don't be surprised given what's taking place right now in, uh, in, uh, in, uh, in Iran. With the demonstrations that's taking place. So, and this leads me to my headline about one of the Basij members who has been killed and widespread security deployments in Tehran as protests continue. So, makes you just wonder why all of a sudden we're seeing what's going on in Venezuela and you're seeing demonstrations in Iran. The third one, which is tied to this as part of a headline, has to do with France. Okay, this might shock you. All right, what happened in Burkina Faso? So while everyone slept during the past few nights, sort of thinking, aimed global focus on the, the abduction of Venezuela's President Maduro by the US, Macron and his puppets— you know, there's still some puppets in Burkina Faso— plotted a coup against Ibrahim Traoré. So, so, but they failed. So, again, the Burkina Faso, to my knowledge, have arrested many individuals involved in this particular failed assassination or failed attempt to coup and so forth. So All right, let me get in. And by the way, I'm going to share a link with you where you can read up a little bit on this failed coup in Burkina Faso. So I got it through my Twitter account or my X account. All right, let's get into our conversation regarding Venezuela, what took place, of course, with the abduction, the arrest of Nicolas Maduro here. So of course, it's— there's a lot, a lot of legitimate questions to ask. You know, from the legality of it to the breach of sovereignty of a state. And what I'm gonna do here, just to lay out for you how I'm gonna present this for you, I'm gonna provide you with the background of what took place to the moment of the raid. Then I'll talk about the legality of it, or the lack of it. Then I'll talk about which country is next And I'll conclude with what's next for Venezuela now that we know what's going to happen. So, so the Trump administration, as I said, executed this operation known as Absolute Resolve, which is a controversial military operation in which the Delta Force commandos captured and abducted the Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro It was in Caracas. He's already arrived to New York. He was transported. As a matter of fact, yesterday he was transported through New York. I was following up what was going on with that. So the US brought him in to face federal drug trafficking charges. I mean, come on, come on, let's be— and again, this is not about— it's about what's right. Let me just put this up front. So the background of all this, all this started on January 3rd. By the way, and this is where Trump got the order. And by the way, this decision wasn't Trump. Trump, he just following orders. And I'm gonna get into who's behind all this particular operation. I mean, who gave the order for the operation, not from a military perspective, but the big picture of all this. So the strike on Venezuela's capital that sort of captured the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cecilia. So brought him here to the US. So what happened? This started a few months ago. You have to go back about 9 months, and this is where US spies had monitored Venezuelan president's every move. When I say every move, I am referring to the time he goes to bed, to what type of food he eats, when he takes breaks, when he has whatever, every little move. And this, where it was a small team that was tasked for this, and that included some, particularly one source inside the government. We're not talking about the pilot who was bribed, who was presented with $50 million to divert the plane. We're not talking about that individual, talking about someone else closer to the circles of Maduro. So, and that is why this particular individual has been observing, for example, where Maduro slept, so what he ate, you know. So, and that's even, even thinking in terms of He's little, you know, just taking a stroll or whatever around the facility. So, and in early December this year, of course, past year, that is, that's where the mission was planned, structured, code name Operation Absolute Resolve. It was finished. It's the same pattern that took place with when it comes down to Abbottabad, how the unit raided the compound for UBL at that time.. It's the same process. You plan 9 months ahead, you do practice for 6 months to 5 months with so many scenarios, then you execute when the right time is. So this was a result of really meticulous planning and rehearsal, and that included this particular unit, the, the Delta Force. So, and what they end up doing is they, they sort of rehearsed on an exact full-size replica of Maduro's Caracas safe house. And that's the reason for it, is when you do the CQB— to those who are familiar with military, the close quarter combat, how you enter into and you clear the rooms— that was one of the reasons for it. And also to ensure the entry into different hallways and, and, and planning every scenario, including the metal bars that could be a part of that. So the plan, which amounted to some sort of the intervention here in Latin America, which hasn't been seen since almost the Cold War— that's been a long time. So the only difference with this particular op, like it was with Abbottabad, is what it was— it was closely guarded. In other words, the administration didn't want to alert Congress about it because this is what part of the violation is, because Congress does— the one has to authorize this kind of stuff. So, and Congress was not informed about it. So it was not informed with the precise details and so forth. And even top military officials simply had to wait till what happened. So in order to maximize the— because there is one thing you do when it comes down to raids like this, One thing is that is crucial is the element of surprise. So in order for this op to succeed, they had to maximize the elements of surprise. So, and as a matter of fact, prior to the 3rd of January when the raid was conducted, they were supposed to go 4 days prior to that, but they had a false start, so it didn't work. So they had to wait. And that is why when that— the throughout the Christmas time, you move after Christmas and so forth till it came on to the December, uh, the 3rd. I'm sorry, January, uh, 2nd, 3rd, because it was at 2, uh, uh, 0 to, uh, yeah, 0 to 100 hours. So, and this is where General, uh, his name Kane, General Dan Kane He's the Joint Chief of Staff. He's the one who sort of on Saturday morning declared what, what took place and so forth. So they had to keep the up very, very closely. So now the order came at about, about 2200 hours on Friday US time. So Friday US time was January 2nd. Which makes it the morning early in, uh, in, in Caracas, which was about 0300 hours on GMT on Saturday. So, and this is where things moved forward. So, but I'm not gonna get in into the detail of the op, that's separate thing. I will talk to you about the particular unit that conducted this since I'm a little familiar with, sort of familiar with them. Of course, because my unit used to work with them back then in the day. Uh, but I'm going to focus on asking you the two main questions. And the two main questions is: how come a raid of US helicopters moving in into airspace without being challenged? That leads us to one particular question, and that particular question is: was the military in it, involved in the raid also, by standing down. You know, I'm, I'm seeing the comparison here, exactly what took place with, uh, in, in Abbottabad. I mean, you're telling me that the ISI didn't know? So same arguments I can make. And again, my opinion, for the whole, uh, uh, 5 birds will move in into an airspace without being challenged, given that Venezuela has received some sort of type of missiles from Russians. So why they won't activate it? And this is a legitimate question to ask. The second question— not a question, but rather, when you have something like this, what you do is you follow the money. So, and that's exactly what took place regarding this. You follow the money because this is about resetting Everything regarding the dollar, regarding the US hegemony in unipolar, regarding whatever. But the facts on the ground are that the world has moved on to a multipolar system where the US had to create something. So propped by the dollar, propped by the military-industrial complex, prompted by the private corporations like BlackRock, like the oil companies Chevron and Exxon. Because here's the thing, the 12— to my knowledge, about 11 or 12 oil cargoes that's been sort of confiscated, where did they go? They came to the US. Those are Chevron oil, came to the US. So that's what I'm saying, follow the money, because you understand the US global role in a similar system That has been so because we are realizing the world is moving on into— has moved on to a multipolar system. And, and, and that's exactly what you are seeing in Venezuela. And Venezuela, in my opinion, is the beginning. You know, you have other locations around the world that's going to be soon experiencing similar outcome. Might not be to the extent So the decision about this raid wasn't Trump's. It was a— is the decision of the oil companies, is the MICC, military-industrial complex, is the BlackRock, is the JPMorgan's and the likes. And the way to understand all this, to those who follow and understand the connection between sort of actions like this and the financial aspects Look at just— especially for my viewers in the US, look at the stock market this morning. That gives you an idea right there. This is where you realize it is not the decision of the president. So now, who was involved in this? Of course, all you hear is Delta Force. That Delta Force is the umbrella of specific units, and there is one specific unit there that is called Night Stalker. Night Stalker— and I'm not gonna get into the detail— it was established back in 1977. So in, in response to certain kidnappings, terrorism, and so forth, all of a sudden we are kidnapping, uh, head of states and so forth. And this is where those key elements of this Delta Force soldiers, how it all happened, because they were flown in by helicopter from their unit, which is the 106th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as Night Stalker. It is based in North Carolina. So once again, my unit, and I was in MI, we used to work with them on certain projects, per se. So, and what you have is you have now the equivalency of 150 aircraft that included the bombers including the fighters, uh, uh, jets, intelligence, recon, surveillance, uh, uh, rotary wing aircraft. All this supported the operation. That's why they named it Absolute Resolution. And this one, again, when you move into the time, and, and of course the CIA involvement there, uh, which by the way was the agency that installed a small team inside Venezuela to track Maduro's pattern. Don't be shocked, don't be surprised. It's part of the process. That's how it's always done, you know. And the idea to understand this, it's not about the precision scales and all that stuff. What the US did, it did it against not a highly sophisticated and trained country. So, I mean, let me ask you straightforward here. Would you expect the US to conduct the same raid against Russia? Against China, against North Korea, against Iran, you know, with the sort of the nighttime raids and so forth? No. And let alone that for the GRU, for the Russians and so forth, and they're highly trained. What you end up doing it, you end up doing it against countries that don't have certain capabilities. This is where the agency came in and covertly installed this kind of small team. Now, when you think about the history of the US in Latin America, this is why you shouldn't be surprised, you know, because it's always been Central America for the US was like a some sort of a playground for operations for the US. And I'm going to give you just a few examples on top of off my head. And I think I disclosed some when I wrote my, uh, which book was it? I think it was the Russian book when I disclosed this. I had to talk about Central and Latin America's U.S. involvements in that part of the world. So, so think about how many times we invaded, for example, Honduras— about 7 or 8 times. How many times we invaded Nicaragua— about 6 or 7 times. How many times we invaded Guatemala? About 5 times, you know. And the case of Guatemala, do you all know why? What is— or what, what led to that? It was over bananas. Yeah, the regular banana fruit. Don't be shocked. Why? Because we weren't willing to pay an extra few cents because of that. So what we end up doing is sending our entire Marines to take over and destroy the whole country. That is why the name Banana Republic came from. So, and it was some sort of— that's where the term came about. And this is where you need to understand, so what took place inside Venezuela and whether the military inside Venezuela took part into that. Once again, I am just asking the logical question. You have planes coming to your airspace, you have the right to shoot them down. It was no, no reaction to that. So to those who argue in the case of the UBL raid in Abbottabad in Pakistan, well, because we used some advanced helicopters. Yes, you do. We did. But still, you know, you're telling me the Pakistanis didn't have or didn't see on their radars some sort of foreign objects flying? Same argument. I make here. And this leads me to ask now, moving away from the tactical stuff— and I'm not going to detail tactical stuff, I wasn't there on the ground, so I can't be speculating and just saying whatever the media saying, I don't do that— what I'm going to focus on is the idea, the, uh, the arguments— I'm sorry— whether the operation was a blatant violation of international law. I know some of you said that's common, that's logical sort of, it's question that does not need to be answered. We all know, I know, but I'm still gonna provide you the arguments for it because it is genuinely contested, a question where reasonable people and even international law experts, I'm sorry, disagree. So, and this is where you're gonna see the difference of views regarding this violation. So the international law debate there's considerable disagreement about the legality of the operation because that amounts to an abduction of a sitting president. It doesn't matter we like him and not like him, dislike him, it's beside the point. It's a sovereign state. You don't— that's like for us, uh, if we are to say, uh, how do we feel if we are to hypothetically And I think I have one. Let me see if I can get it for you. One image that I saw earlier. No, no, I don't have it. I, I thought I had it for you here to keep it. The idea that the international debate— disagreement in this— international law scholars argue that the action violates Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter. Because we violated that, which basically stated what? In, in, in general terms, it prohibits the use of force without Security Council authorization. So basically, we just violated that. This is why you have to understand, when it comes down to the Security Council, the 5 permanent members, there will never be a direct war between each of, uh, each one of them. It will never be. This is the one controlling the process. So the operations, which as you all know, involved sort of strikes, strikes on military targets in and around Caracas, forcibly abducting a sitting president by the US Special Forces. That's why it violates the law, a violation of Venezuelan sovereignty, violation of the UN Charter. Now, There is the argument that it was a violation. Of course, I'm talking from a legal perspective here. Many international law experts and scholars argue clearly that this violates established principles. Once again, just remember this on top of your head: Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter. Even the EU foreign policy chief stated that all— under all circumstances, principles of international law and the UN Charter must be respected. I think they're nervous that the US might raid Brussels and end the EU, which will be nice. So, so of course China opposed this, and they called it— and I put in quote here— hegemonic behavior, end of quote. So because the US is not abiding by the international law, so, and violating it, just, it goes beyond the norm. Even here in the US, people are not for these particular operations. So if you only see the demonstrations that took place in New York and some other 8 cities inside the US, Then there are those who argue for the US might make it for legality. In other words, argue that this is legal. So the Trump relied on a controversial— it is a controversial legal memorandum which was back in 1989. And that one state that the president, sitting president of the US, does not need to to abide by the UN Charter as a matter of domestic law. Well, yeah, you don't do that if you are operating within your own borders, not outside. So additionally, what the US saying, it could argue that the seizure was legal under self-defense doctrine based on Venezuela's contribution to drug trafficking into the US. No, that's, that's, that won't hold in court. It's because Venezuela is not the only one. What about other countries? So, and this is where that broader context comes in, because the operation, what it represented now, a significant departure from the norms of post-World War II international norms, and those were designed Those laws were designed to prevent powerful nations from unilaterally using force against weaker ones. It's exactly what we're seeing against Venezuela. And that is why I'm saying, would you see the same operation by the US against Russia, against China, against North Korea, against Iran, against whomever, the ones that matter? So, and this is why you have the idea, whether one view it as justified or not, it depends partly on whether one prioritizes addressing Maduro's issues and/or Venezuela drug trafficking or the principle of military force requires international authorization. So it does matter. Both argument. Because what the media is not saying is there are now massive people inside Venezuela calling for Maduro. You know, there are demonstrations right here in the US asking that, you know, it's not right. And if we are to even go with this argument, what today you do in Venezuela, tomorrow you're going to do it to other state. So where is that norm of why the UN— you can't count on the UN anyway. UN is so weak. So, and this is where you have the, uh, uh, the, uh, US argument, the legal so-called argument. So no, relying on the 1989 legal memorandum, it's not going to cut it. It's, it's not right. Simple as that. And this is again where that challenge is. But this will pave the way as to who's next. Liking this video so far? Don't just be a watcher. Go ahead and hit the like, share, and subscribe button, and don't forget to tap the bell so you will not miss any of my videos or live streams. This way you will be supporting a channel that stands for the truth and objective reporting. The choice is yours. Thanks for your support. And that's going to be now how the, uh, how the vice president of Venezuela is going to manage this transition. So, uh, do I question whether the military was behind allowing the US? I'm, I'm leaning to say yes, but again, that's my opinion. So Now the logical other question is, who's next? And don't, don't rule that out. Don't rule that out. So from what I'm— from where I'm sitting looking out, I can just see the next country is Colombia. Now some will agree with me, some disagree. What do you think? In your opinion, do you believe Colombia is next. Remember, there's an upcoming presidential elections. There are already tensions between, uh, Petro, the president of Colombia, and Donald Trump. Is Colombia next? So let me see in the chat box what your answer is. Uh, uh, Colombia, Iran. So YTT say Colombia, Cuba and Colombia. That is true, Cuba to a degree. But, but Colombia, I can see the argument for it. Now there's one thing you need to understand about Colombia and the US. Colombia has been for, for the US government— when I say government, military and all that— has been a project for a really long time. We're talking over 3 decades or so. And this has to do, of course, you know, when I was living in Washington, I used to deal with people in Fort Belvoir, the those who are familiar with the military Air Force Base Fort Belvoir. Now, back in the day, Fort Belvoir had a specific, a specific top secret unit before the Belvoir, and the ISA was dealing with the— and, and, and its particular objective of that unit was the hunt for none other than— let me show you a picture here. Oh, I didn't put— oh yeah, I don't have picture right there. You all know who this is, right? Let me see if you can type in, in the chat box who this individual is. Let me see. Pablo Waki, you got it. It was Pablo Escobar. Essence, you got it, Bitcoin. Uh, Norman White, you got it. Pablo, you guys got it, it's Pablo, Pablo Escobar. So, and this argument that's been the hunt for Pablo Escobar, so that's been on for, for way back. So that's why I'm, I'm highlighting to you the involvements of the US in this Central America. So of course Pablo made a mistake how he was arrested. I, I don't know if you are familiar. I'm not going to get into it, it's lengthy to break. I can suffice it to tell you in brief how he was arrested because of a phone call, and not even from him, it was from a member of the family. And the phone call signal was bounced right here in the state of Texas in one particular location. I can't say the name because it's still off the record and I can't break the law. And out of respect for— that's me. I can't— I was there, I was in that particular location, I'm very familiar with it. That's all it took, a signal, a phone call bounced back. So, and, and Lincoln, I think Switzerland at the time, and that's how the location, the triangle of the location for Pablo Escobar came in. So, and the rest is history, as they say. So when you look at now the current Just here is where what led me to say Colombia is next. I'm thinking when you look at the current statements by Donald Trump, so, so because what Donald Trump is saying is, I'm warning you, meaning Colombia, I'm threatening you, you know, with even an actual military intervention. So yeah, some would say maybe just rhetoric, no more, no less. So, so, and for me, I want— with somebody like Trump, it'll be more dangerous than if he was pragmatic individual. Yes, sometimes he gets on some certain right decisions, and I'm not denying this. For example, like, like restricting— and I hope he can ban the H-1B visa for Indians, especially after now he came out. Which I will talk to you on Wednesday to give a hint for— Singapore is going to be making a big, a big strategic mistake if they allow. It just came out to the news now that they found the diplomas in India are fake. Most of those diplomas are fake. So I hope Donald Trump will ban H-1 visa completely for India. It's just no need for having those kind of individuals here. So, and this is again, to go back to Colombia, the idea of the threats from Donald Trump, because sending direct warning to the Colombian president Gustavo Petro. So, because here is what Donald Trump said, and I quote, "Watch, be careful," end quote. So, and this is what, because Donald Trump is accusing the Colombian president, the same argument he made for Maduro, he's making the same argument by accusing Petro of making cocaine and sending it to the US. So, because Donald Trump said in one of his speeches, and I quote, because I remember, said, "You will be next." after Maduro. That's why I'm taking it seriously. So, so, so the problem is, is that Venezuela has specific vulnerabilities because Venezuela— I'm sorry, Colombia. Yeah, did I say Venezuela? No, Colombia. Colombia has specific vulnerabilities. Colombia could face a massive refugee crisis. So Because as of now, it is already hosting about 3 million Venezuelan refugees and approximately 8 million who have fled the country, meaning Venezuela, to go to Colombia. Then you think about the role of the rebel group ELN, so which control nearly the entire border with Venezuela, you know. And that's again where you're going to have to see whether the US will reach out to these groups, bribe them, and say, hey, we need you to turn on the government. So what is the likelihood of a military action in Colombia? Might not be on in a near future. So because if it will be, the US will do it unilaterally. Same arguments, uh, or same way they did it with Venezuela. It looks like what we are waiting on, we wanted to wait till we see what the election outcome will be. So, and this is where, uh, when you think about the idea of, uh, it's been in a history for the US involvements in, in Central and Latin America. When you think about Colombia specifically, given their historic cooperation with the Colombian security forces. So, no, so of course this one is different from Venezuela. So the US has no institutional partnership to constrain the action. That is part of where difference is. So in my opinion, Colombia faces also serious threats and warning, an actual military intervention, give or take. So I, I'm not sure at this point. We shall see. So what's next for Venezuela? So because what you have right now is you have a power vacuum. Yes, the High Court stated that the vice president will take over. So with Maduro gone, you have now hardline elements within the regime because you have to understand how Venezuela— there are always groups. It's not a, you know, cohesive entity. They are just part of the car— that's their country, whatever the way they do it. So, and each one of them remain in control of certain aspects of the regime. So, so you have a vice president Her name is Delcy Rodríguez, and that's her picture right here. So has asserted her authority, though she's reportedly been in Moscow a couple times, but makes us wonder what lies ahead. Then you have the— on the picture there, that's the Defense Minister. His name is Padrino López. So, so then you have, if I don't have picture of him, the Interior Minister, his name is Diosdado Cabello. All of them have stepped forward now to maintain control on the ground. So, and this won't be just about Venezuela, it will be about the US moving forward. So, because now What we have the problem is, is the US now running Venezuela? And the answer is yes. The argument is we will run Venezuela until a proper transition takes place. In other words, till we put a puppet in power. So, and the whole idea for why the US want to do this, because they wanted to rebuild the oil sector. You all know why. That was the whole idea. That's why I'm saying the decision wasn't Trump's. Trump was just like a, like a, like a, like a tool. The decision came from oil companies, from Mick, from JP Morgan, from the banking industry, BlackRock and the likes. That is where you're gonna see This is why right away you think about the, what's her name, Machado, the one that everybody thinks that she's gonna be in power. Trump already cut her off because she's not gonna make it. She doesn't have the popular support because everybody knows in Venezuela she was supported by the US. So, and this leads now to the political uncertainty. Are we gonna see the same scenario like we saw in Iraq? Some analysts are arguing the case. So because there is now significant confusion that exists about the US support for the opposition. So, so that's why you think about Donald Trump who made disparaging comments about Maria Corina Machado. So, so, and this gives you an idea as to what lies ahead more moving forward. So the US is gonna look for someone else, like for example Edmundo González, if he can lead a democratic transition. But we all know it ain't gonna be about democracy, you know, it is about US interest. And if this is not enough, you're going to have to think about one other element, major element, rare earth. And this only China has the massive production of it. And the rare earth, this element, titanium, I think, or platinum, something like into that. I couldn't remember the name. Forgive me for that. Is that this rare earth element, specific one There is an abundance in Venezuela. And when you consider the importance of this particular rare earth element, and this is why you're seeing what the US is doing regarding this aspect. Then you have the regional implications, you know, because what some in Washington thinking is that Donald Trump is going to be targeting now Cuba, Colombia, and Nicaragua. Haven't we had enough of this? And this in itself is going to lead now to a major chaos in, in, in, in, uh, not only in Venezuela and neighboring countries, but you're going to just the whole Latin America region. So, and once again, and I'm going to conclude here, guys, that's all I have to share with you here. Because what I want you to understand, this is not about just Venezuela, you know. This is also about China, because China dominates the rare earth market, global. And Venezuela potential resources have become a point of geopolitical interest for countries like the US. That's why we're doing what we're doing. So it's because we wanted to sort of diversify the, the supply chains. So, so the lack, at least from the, the U.S., the lack of reliable and legal sourcing, especially in Venezuela, this is why the U.S. is getting involved in this regime change. And like I said, it's not going to be the first or the last. They are— here is what I found very shocking. You know what I found very shocking, which was only about 48 hours or even 24 hours prior to the raid? You know who was in Venezuela? It was President Xi Jinping's envoy to Venezuela. And it tells you right there, it tells you the story right there. So, so you have to think in terms of, uh, so So when you think about this raid, think about it from the bigger picture to understand it. It's not about just having special ops going in, abducting a sitting president and so forth. Yeah, it's, it's a violation of the law and all that, but think about the bigger picture. And the bigger picture is how we're going to see now 2026. It's already— we're seeing now the how it's going to go as the beginning. How it's going to go. So, uh, all right guys, that's all I have to share with you regarding this particular topic. I know some of you been sending me comments whether I'm going to be addressing the Venezuela issue. Yeah, and I couldn't do it the past few days, but anyway, tomorrow, as I said, I will be talking about a major issue in Singapore. So make sure to join me tomorrow because what I see this going It's a really, really a strategic mistake that Singapore is making under Lawrence. And, and the question is whether he has been under pressure to do so by pushing Asian countries, you know, to support Japan against China. You know, did he forget the history of what Japan did for— in Singapore also? I don't know, I don't know. I'll let you decide on that, but Tomorrow we're going to be addressing this, and the following day I'm going to be addressing— this is the Indonesia, uh, Singapore president of Indian descent, and this is with the labor minister of India. And because the government in Singapore is thinking about importing Indian workers, it will be a colossal mistake. It'll be a colossal mistake. So, and I'm not going to get ahead of myself. I'll wait till we get into, uh, Wednesday, and I'll talk to you about this topic. Once again, just regarding, uh, the abduction of Maduro, just see the big picture. Don't focus only on— the media is going to be focusing only on the aspect. Think about the financial, okay? What's going to— with the dollar. Think about the multipolarity, okay? Think about the rare earth element resources, and think about energy, of course, because everything depends on energy, as you all know. All right, uh, let me just say, uh, once again, I want to say thank you to, uh, Arch Crusader for your super sticker. Once much appreciate you for that. Arlene Chamber, I want to say thank you. And you have a question here. Dr. O, can other countries legally kidnap Netanyahu since a warrant is out for his arrest? Yes, they could, but you all know what it means. That means it's going to become the law of jungle. Yeah, what we did wasn't right, legally speaking, you know. If we do the same, they know we are no different. But on the other hand, the— if, if, if the, the, the ICC issued arrest warrant, then, then he should be arrested like every other individual who's the ICC issued warrant against. I was surprised already when Netanyahu went to Hungary and Hungary did not arrest him for that. That's why I lost a kind of respect for— you don't kind of lose it, but for Viktor Orbán, he didn't show leadership when it matters. Because the leader, it's tested when it matters. You know, Germany is useless anyway when they had to welcome Netanyahu. So I don't know. But again, if that happens, just remember one thing about— since you mentioned about Israel, this coordination of what took place in Venezuela has also been coordinated with the Mossad. Mossad is very, very tight with the agency CIA regarding the ops and so forth. That's, that's the way I see it. Pauline, once again, thank you so much for your super sticker. Truly, truly appreciate your support. I just want to let you know, uh, regarding my upcoming trip to Asia, I started the fundraising for this particular trip, which will be in a few months. The objective goal is the target number is $10,000 because I am going to a very— the other side, uh, within my location, uh, that requires, you know, transports and so forth. So, so far we are at about 4%. Should you decide to support this upcoming trip to Asia, I'm going to put the link for you in the chat box, and I'm going to post it on the, uh, if you decide to support the Asia trip. Okay, if I get to it, I don't know what it is. Yeah, right there. Right here. So I will greatly appreciate if you could support this upcoming trip. And the same applies to the channel. Already there are those who bought me cups of coffees in support of the channel. I'm very, very grateful to you for that. And here is the link if you want to support the channel, uh, for— by buying me coffee. You all know the type of content I share with you here. And, uh, it's— I do the research for you, so I want you to have quality information. So I look forward to seeing you tomorrow when I address the, uh, I'm gonna be addressing Indonesia, uh, Singapore, and, uh, hope to see you here. As always, remember, geopolitics impacts your daily life in more ways than one. Till next time, bye-bye.